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Leeereacnt No. 74,949, man *February 25; '1865.

'IMPRovrn WASHING-Madame;

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: i

Be it .known that I, DANIEL E. vS0M13s,'ioi` Washington, in the county'ofWashington, and District ci' Colum. bia, have invented; a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines; Vand. I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, sind exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings,=mnkin g` part of this specification, in which'- Figure l.f is a. plan ortop view of' my machine, with the covers removed. Figure 2, an elevation of the same, with one side removed, vfor the purpose of showing the-interior. Figure 3, a prole,'slrowing a modification of my machine; and. I Figures 4 and 5 nrerespecti-vely a plan and elevation of another modilication to be hereafter'particularly referred to.

A A is a case or box, ot` wood or 'other suitahlcmaterial, and of dimensions to be determined by' circumstances, within which, near one end, is placed a paddle-wheel, B, having two or more buckets. One end of the shaft of this wheel is supported in a socket or journal-box, on the inside of the box A, andthe othere'nd ofthe shaft passes through'a stumngfbox, in, the oppositeside off Athe box A, so that no leakage may occur, 'of either ,wz'tter'or vapor, around it, and is`tted to receive a crank, as 4shown in lig. 1', or a pulley, if driven by'other than hand-power.' There is also placed in the box A, near the opposite end from the .wheel B, a receptacle for the articles to be washed, consisting of two disks, C C, connected. bybars D D, so as to form a cage, as shown. By unfastening one or more of the bars DID, at either or both ends, an opening may be obtained, through which the articles to be washed may be placed inside, or a door may be constructed, to shut between trimmers, as shown in figs. 4 and 5. Each disk, C' 0,'has an arbor attached to itsv centre by a flange or plate, on whiclr the whole may revolve in sockets tixedon the inner side of'the box Motion is given to the cage C D by 'an endless chain, as shown,'which connects it with the paddle-wheel 13, or by a belt, or cord, or by gearing. I place within the cage or cylinder two or more strips orshclves, which perform the otlce of carrying the cothes to a considerable height Vand then permitting them to fall,- wh'ereby the suds are partially expressed therefrom, and a new .supply absorbed as the cylinder revolves. lhe disks C C may be connected, and the space between thcm enclosed byra cylinder of wire gauze, with coarse meshes, ori by a strong, coarse netting vstretchedbetween them, over the barsl D D, which, in such case, will be fewer in number than when used with i outl such covering, (see figs. 4 and 5.) 'That end of theI box or casoA in whichis placed the lWheel B, will be curved to correspond with the sweep of the wheel, whiohwiiill'pass'very` near it at the bottom, fromwhcnce the bottom of the\box will have a slope upwards tof'the under sid-clot' the: 'cageiC D, or its equivalent. A tires. chamber, E, orbox, for a spirit-lamp, or other means of heating, will beV attached to the under side of the boX A, and a lueor chimney, F, will pass through Vthe `said box' to the-open air,Y through and above its top; or, when occasion may require, theflue may be constructed to pass from` the 'chamber 'and'around the end 'of-'thebox on its outside, as shown-.by dotted lines in figs. andZ. .'Two" covers, GG,'are hinged and ittedto the top ot' thc box A, sola-s to be steam-tight when closed, and will be large enough to permit the removal of any of the parts 'within the'bon. Astop-Vcocli, Hj. or saffeliy-valve,A L, isattached vto the-box A,' to allow the escape vofsteam, when desirable, aud another stop-cock, I, will be placed, nt'the lowest part ot the interior, whereby Y 'the water may be drawnv oil' at will. i l i In the operation of my machine, the clothes are placed 'in the cage, and a small quantity of water or suds' is placed in the boi: A. l A rapid revolution .is given to the -wheel B, andthe water or suds are dashed violently Vamong the clothes, through the interstices of the cage C D, which, by its revolution, lifts and rolls the clothes, working them over anderer, and causing them to preSseaOh .other by their weight, squeezingcut the Water they continuallyreceiv'e, which flows down' the sloping Hoor, to be again ldashed in spray upon them so long as the rotation is continued.` 'The heat from the lire or lamp in the. chamber E converti a portion of the spray intosteam as it comes'in contact withl the ilu'c F, and this st`eam,.in` permeating the articles in lthe cage, still further conduces'to rapidly cleanse them. i v i In iig. 3 the bottom of the box'A isV shown as Aslopingin a direction Icontrary"two-that of figs. 1 andfl, so that the clothes may fall 'continuously intoV the suds'or water, which will be high enough in thehox A to perv mit the wheel B to operato, as hereinbefo're described. "n

Figs. and 5 are respective-ly a plan and section, showing the box A as enclosing only the cage C 1),'

covered with a. netting, and furnished with a door for the reception of articles to be washed, which will be eil'ected without the assistance of spray from a wheel, B. The cage in this case may be turned by a crank, as

shown in fig. 4,401` may be belted to and receive motion from a pulley inside the box, as shown in fig. 5 by dotted lines. Instead ofthe revolving wheel, I may use a rock-shaft, with one or-lnore Heats or paddles, r'ibrating near the H oor of the box. If hung in the centre of the box,-I use two cylinders or cages, which are turned partially round or vibrated by means of a chain or belt, or gearing, as above set forth. 4As the rock-shaft i's vibrated the Heats strike the suds, and-dash them, in form of spray, into the cylinder and against theclothes or other articles therein. i i

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters purpose set forth. l v l v 3. The combination of the box, wheel, andcylinder, with OrKYiLhOut'nctting or gauze, as nud for'the purpose set forth.' v v 4. The wheel or rock-shaft, with buckets, and the cylinder, with means for heating the suils or generating steam, substantially, as and for the purpose set forth. l y

5. A washingmachinc, substantially as described, with means for heating thesuds and generating steam, in combination with a safety-valve attached to said machine, substantially as and for the pnrpose set forth.

. l D. E. SOIE-IES. Witnesses:

GUY C. HUMPnnIEs, CHARLES HEnnoN.

1. The wheel and cylinder, as describedswhen operated together,- substantially as and for the purpose` 2. 'lhe inclined floor of thc box, inrcombinution with the wheel and' cylinder,substantially as nnd'for the 

